Not sure that is the case; User and Developer is aimed at IT professionals rather than Linux users in general - while the whole market is likely to increase, that part is going to be a diminishing fraction of the whole market. I doubt anyone at LXF is going to lose sleep over User & Developer.

I did take a look at it six years ago but quickly concluded that LXF offered a better overall package. Perhaps User & Developer has improved since then but it needed to!

I think the important part of Bazza's post is the words "for me". I used to get LU&D as well, but "for me" it didn't offer enough to justify a regular purchase. I do occasionally purchase other Linux mags (and indeed other computer related mags) if I see an article or two that interests me particularly. I think it would be odd if I didn't.

I don't know LU&D, so I can't comment on it. However, I do read other Linux mag's, in particular Linux Journal (as a subscriber) and I try to get Linux Magazine (the mixed UK/US version) too. There's another mag of the same name, but in Dutch and that also comes through subscription in the mail. IMO, they all have their place and intended audience, so AFAIC I don't see them as 'competitors' (although I know they effectively are).

Not necessarily Linux related, but I also try to get the Dutch Hardware.info magazine. As the name implies, it's primarily aimed at PC hardware and in particular overclocking/casemodding, etc, less so on the hardcore stuff that Bazza enjoys. The one computer mag I ditched some time ago, was the Dutch "Computer Totaal!", as it focussed more and more on Win-OS while increasingly neglecting other OS's... I still have a year's worth of paper still wrapped in foil, as it came through the letterbox, because they didn't want to cancel my subscription when I informed them, claiming I was "too late"...

> User and Developer is aimed at IT professionals rather than Linux users
> in general

Maybe, but AFAIAC it had something inside it to suit me for a change;
remember I am NOT an IT professional but an engineer.

What is more it is 5.99 UKP with a DVD! Around 8% cheaper off of the
shelf.

Dutch_Master...

> Not necessarily Linux related, but I also try to get the Dutch
> Hardware.info magazine. As the name implies, it's primarily aimed
> at PC hardware and in particular overclocking/casemodding, etc,
> less so on the hardcore stuff that Bazza enjoys.

I'm just as interested, and, Mike is doing a good basic series ATM
"School Of Linux", ("Your Country Needs You" photo eh Mike? ;o)...

> The one computer mag I ditched some time ago, was the Dutch
> "Computer Totaal!", as it focussed more and more on Win-OS while
> increasingly neglecting other OS's...

Now that doesn't bother me particularly.
I'm just as happy with MikeOS as I am with Windows XP/Vista, Debian,
AMIGA OS etc...

I will be stuffed a bit though when UEFI and 64 bit arrives permanently.
Not the coding side, but the metal banging side. I have a sneaking
feeling this will come to a grinding halt. :o(

I will have to rely on Development Boards and Kits; not really my style.

As a newbie I find LXF easier to follow and understand about Linux in general. I find LUD a bit complicated for my taste as it involve a lot of coding and scripting which I never use because I had what I want in Ubuntu and its been behaving pretty good to me.